UIA expands fleet with another Boeing 737-800 NG
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) has expanded the fleet with another Boeing 737-800 NG.
According to the press service of the company, the delivery of another airplane was the final stage of the program of the fleet expansion and updating in 2016.
The Boeing 737-800 NG produced in 2009 and a passenger capacity of 186 seats has passed official registration in Ukraine and received the registration number UR-PSU.
The aircraft will provide two classes of service on all UIA medium-haul flights.
The beginning of its commercial operation is scheduled for November 28 on the Kyiv-Kharkiv-Kyiv route.
"The availability of an additional aircraft at the beginning of the season of New Year holidays and winter break will increase the carrying capacity on the most popular destinations, regularity of flights. UIA will not rest on the laurels and will continue updating the fleet in 2017. The following aircraft will arrive in January," UIA corporate secretary Yevhenia Satska said.